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Referee's report by Edward Walker, on a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism - No. XV' by Edward Sabine

Reference number: RR/7/477

Date: 23 October 1876

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper doesn't 'call for any special report...of course it will be printed in the Transactions'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1877].

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RR/7/477
Earliest possible date
23 October 1876
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Walker

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Edward Walker, Referee's report by Edward Walker, on a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism - No. XV' by Edward Sabine, 23 October 1876, RR/7/477, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_477/referees-report-by-edward-walker-on-a-paper-contributions-to-terrestrial-magnetism-no-xv-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 06 October 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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